Free College: The Apprentice School (VA)
With a 100-plus-year history, The Apprentice School provides students with classes and full-time employment in various shipbuilding trades. There is no tuition at the Virginia school. Instead, as of Feb. 7, 2022, students earn $21.26 an hour in the program’s first term and up to $30.77 an hour upon completing the final term, plus benefits. A typical apprenticeship lasts four to five years. Upon completion, students graduate with a certificate and an associate of applied science degree in their trade – for those who started their apprenticeship on or after July 27, 2020.
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